Posts from June 2010

What DON'T You Need the Internet For?
Holly Ross
June 30, 2010

This past April, how did you file your taxes? Did you mail them or e-File? How did you pay your last parking ticket? Find your last job? Watch a funny cat video?

I'm betting the answer is the same for all of these: online. Even phone calls aren't phone calls anymore; increasingly they are Voice over IP calls that happen over the internet.

Net Neutrality Gains Support from 150 Non-Profit and Allied Organizations
Megan Tady
June 30, 2010

Non-profit organizations clearly understand the power of the Internet to help create social change, and yesterday 150 public interest and allied organizations signed a letter to the Federal Communications Commission in support of online freedom and Net Neutrality.

Genachowski’s First Year Leaves Room for Improvement
Derek Turner
June 29, 2010

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Julius Genachowski’s tenure as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Looking back on the last year, there have been small efforts made toward enacting policies that will ensure all Americans have access to fast, affordable Internet, but there is still much more to be done.

National Congress of American Indians Supports Net Neutrality
Joseph Torres
June 29, 2010

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a resolution last week in support of Net Neutrality and the Federal Communications Commission’s efforts to reestablish its authority to regulate the broadband industry during its mid-year General Assembly meeting in Rapid City, South Dakota.

A Week of Outrage Over FCC Closed-Door Meetings
Megan Tady
June 29, 2010

Last week, outraged bloggers and the public flogged the Federal Communications Commission after The Wall Street Journal reported that the agency had held "closed-door meetings" with industry executives to broker a deal on Net Neutrality.

Free Press Ad Warns Against Industry Takeover of Open Internet
Megan Tady
June 23, 2010

Free Press and SavetheInternet.com ran a full-page ad in the Washington Post today to further express our outrage that the Federal Communications Commission held closed-door meetings with industry representatives and lobbyists about important Internet policies.

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